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Madison County to use state grant to improve agriculture and renewable-energy park
Empire State Development is providing Madison County with a grant of $4 million to pay for infrastructure improvements at its ARE (agricultural and renewable energy)
RealtyUSA expands North Country presence with merger
WATERTOWN — RealtyUSA has announced that the Watertown and Henderson Harbor offices of Elliott Realty, Inc. are now operating under the RealtyUSA name. The “agreement
Cornell, city of Utica use grant to create R2G urban-planning studio
UTICA — Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) Oneida County and the city of Utica on Monday announced a downtown-development partnership and grant funding that they’ll use
SMC, North Country Family Health Center outline plan to ‘stabilize’ agency
WATERTOWN — Samaritan Medical Center (SMC) and the North Country Family Health Center (NCFHC) last month announced details of a plan the organizations had devised to help “stabilize” the operations at NCFHC. The New York State Department of Health back in October appointed SMC as the temporary operator of NCFHC as the clinic had announced
Destiny USA outlines plans for $75 million hotel project
SYRACUSE — Destiny USA is “prepared to take the next steps” to develop an on-site, all-suites hotel to accommodate “the influx of leisure travelers to
Rochester Sonic Drive-In franchisee to expand with six locations between Syracuse and Watertown
Sonic Corp. (NASDAQ: SONC) today announced a franchise-development agreement for six new drive-in eateries in the Syracuse and Watertown areas in the next four years.
USDA awards Volney $1.7 million loan and grant for drinking-water system
VOLNEY — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding the town of Volney a loan and grant totaling $1.7 million to help bring clean drinking water to more local residents. U.S. Senators Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D–N.Y.) today announced the funding from the USDA’s Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant program.
The Beeches: Adapting in the second hundred years
Necessity is the handmaiden of invention. — author unknown ROME — On Dec. 12, 1901, Guglielmo Marconi received the first radio signal transmitted across the Atlantic Ocean. At the same time, Frank Destito was on board a ship bound from Italy to New York City — final destination: Rome, N.Y. Destito, who was newly married,
Solvay Bank plans new branch, technology for 2014
SOLVAY — Solvay Bank has big plans for 2014 that include a new “smart branch” in DeWitt and several new technology components that will improve the customer experience, bank officials say. The bank will soon decide on a construction firm for its DeWitt branch project and expects to break ground within the next month, says
Cuomo details proposed $100 million Onondaga Lake Revitalization program
GEDDES — Gov. Andrew Cuomo today announced details of a proposed $100 million project intended to improve areas surrounding Onondaga Lake, including a concert pavilion, water
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